Aloe elegantissima

Aloe elegantissima
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe elegantissima
Scientific name
	Aloe elegantissima
	TAMcCoy & Lavranos

Aloe elegantissima is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet elegantissima comes from Latin , means 'most elegant' and refers to the appearance of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe elegantissima grows without a trunk, branches out and forms small groups. The twelve to 15 spreading leaves are lanceolate-pointed. Their slightly shiny, bright green leaf blades are 30 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. There are numerous whitish spots on it. The tip is reddish. The pointed, deltoid, red teeth on the horny, whitish leaf edge are 3 millimeters long and 5 to 8 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is orange-yellow. It dries brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of twelve to 15 spread branches and reaches a length of 70 centimeters. The dense, heady grapes are up to 6 inches long. The deltoid-pointed bracts have a length of 6 millimeters and are 1.5 millimeters wide. The lemon-yellow flowers have clear green longitudinal veins and are on 10 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 25 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens protrude 1 to 2 millimeters and the stylus protrudes 3.5 millimeters from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe elegantissima is common in Somalia on densely forested slopes at altitudes of 2050 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.

The first description by Thomas A. McCoy and John Jacob Lavranos was published in 2008.

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literature

Susan Carter , John J. Lavranos , Leonard E. Newton , Colin C. Walker : Aloes. The definitive guide . Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011, ISBN 978-1-84246-439-7 , pp. 316 .

Individual evidence

↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 91.
↑ Tom McCoy, John Lavranos: Aloe elegantissima. A beautiful new aloe from northern Somaliland . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 80, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2008, pp 116-118 ( doi : 10.2985 / 0007-9367 (2008) 80 [116: AE] 2.0.CO; 2 ).

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Herbarium evidence of Aloe elegantissima

[1] Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 91.

[2] Tom McCoy, John Lavranos: Aloe elegantissima. A beautiful new aloe from northern Somaliland . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 80, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2008, pp 116-118 ( doi : 10.2985 / 0007-9367 (2008) 80 [116: AE] 2.0.CO; 2 ).